The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Aug 18, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Brett Callahan went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Keider Montero pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Oneil Cruz went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 8.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eduardo Valencia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Callahan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keider Montero | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ty Madden | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Enmanuel De Jesus | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oneil Cruz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
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